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>>>we have a report tonight from the latest and most urgent crisis unfolding in our world, happening in africa, where the growing violence between christians and muslims raised fears of genocide. we're talking about an african republic about the size of texas, where almost half the population is now in need of direct humanitarian assistance, nbc's
ann curry
is one of the few western reporters to make her way there.

>> reporter: the violence has forced nearly a million people from their homes across the
central african republic
. the vast majority of them children. including this child in a camp full of
displaced people
. this girl's mother, father, sister, and grandparents all killed. are you the only survivor of your family? she tells us she watched as her mother was shot. i raised my hands to god like this, but they didn't listen to me, she says, finally, they killed my mother. she thinks of her family always, telling us last night i dreamed my mother was cooking rice with meat for me, she couldn't stop crying, she says, after she woke up today. in a program run by
save the children
, she draws a picture of the family she lost, her home, the fish and the river behind it, the flowers near the front door. today she lives in this camp on the grounds of a monastery, with one of the only relatives she has left, her great aunt. she says she has no words for the men who killed her family. instead, she put her hands together, offering a prayer.
forgive us our sins
, as we forgive those who sin against us. and she added, bless me, and keep me safe.

>>ann curry
reporting for us tonight from the
capital city
where she is telling us there are reports that the muslim
president of the central african republic
could step down tomorrow, sparking fears of a
power vacuum
which could make the situation even worse.